Star Realms

A pretty quick all-inclusive deck builder where players
compete against each other using simple mechanics of buying or attacking.

What do you get?

Star Realms comes with all the cards necessary to play and
there are several expansions to enhance and randomise the game. It’s just a
card game so there are no other components. The price is reasonable and
reflective of that.

How does it work?

Everyone starts with the same opening cards and you
gradually buy and attack each other constantly discarding your hand. The
interesting point comes when you refresh your discard pile it will contain the
newly acquired cards. Gradually everyone will have very different decks. Most
cards have reactions and factions too; if you play the same faction as a
reaction then a bonus will apply too.
You play all the cards in your hand and you are never limited to how
many you can play.

Is it any good?

Star Realms is a really fun end of night type game. I’ve
really enjoyed it as the game night swan song as games don’t necessarily last
that long. It’s an easy game to customise with additional players too as the
rules are as simple as you can get, with the hook being your randomised hand of
cards and how well you built your deck.

It’s honestly that simple. I’ve played Star Realms 4 player
several times and it never gets boring. The idea of a 2 player game is a little
off putting but maybe it’s decent for a 1v1 lunchbreak or whatever.

Conclusion

If there are just two of you I think there are better games
out there that fill that hole, Boss Monster or One Deck Dungeon for example,
but Star Realms is very neat and easy to learn. The theme is pretty generic
which is a shame as Hero Realms probably lends itself to a wider audience.

Of the two Realm games, I prefer Star Realms because the
expansions are a bit more wild and fun. Odd saying that when fantasy is my
preferred genre too!

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